Where are you seeing they purchased 700k rounds?
They buy ammo in bulk regularly for firearms training. I have no idea what their consumption is, but buying 700k a year wouldn't surprise me.
You still thinking this job description applies to the entire increase in IRS staffing? That's idiotic.
Unfortunately you've taken a click bait headline at face value. That's the real tragedy here.
It actually does. Trying to get physically fit while being shot at is not a winning scenario thus the requirement of maintaining necessary fitness as an ongoing part of the job. If you want to be a couch potato and weigh 500 lbs, that's probably not a good job fit for you.
At about 100-150 rounds a week/per agent it would service around 100 agents. Depends on their regiment. I would expect IRS agents to shoot once a month for proficiency, if that. So probably 400-500 agents, spread out over the entire country.
Sorry, I didn’t make my point clearly. All I’m trying to say is no matter how fit you are you can’t dodge a bullet.
Uhhhhhhh, so firearms proficiency can be attained with 1 to 1.5 rounds per week per agent? Are you serious, Clark? I'm going to assume you know nothing about qualifying with a firearm for any law enforcement agency.
I wouldn't expect someone who has never been in harm's way due to their line of work to think any differently, Dan. Nobody is talking about dodging bullets but you. That's just stupid.
OK you got me on that one, I meant to put a "per" in there which is highly contextual.
It really isn't. Many law enforcement agencies, feds included, require monthly training and quarterly qualification. Monthly training can involve more than 500 rounds of ammo per officer, and most agencies require qualification on pistol, shotgun, and rifle. I know of officers that shoot a cumulative 1,000+ rounds per month. Any agency skimping on rounds for training is asking for trouble.
At about 100-150 rounds a week per agent that would be about 500 rounds a month. Although, once you achieve a certain level of proficiency, I would say they don't need as much to maintain it. To get better yes to just keep your proficiency no.
It's clear that you don't know anything about firearm proficiency. Maintaining proficiency is more difficult than initial attainment. You should try a Google search on the subject.
What kind of proficiency are you wanting an IRS agent to maintain? We are not talking SS or Navy seals here.
Per weapons platform...
Non medic as usual thinks he knows everything and knows diddly poo except how to carry water for big govt and big Harma- the normie of all Normies.
Well, if an IRS agent is going to be carrying a gun, should their proficiency standards be lower than any other LEO carrying a gun? Hopefully "yes" isn't your answer.
So you want and think an irs agent is carrying two pistols of different calibers (which is just plain stupid) a shotgun and a rifle? These are not police officers in a patrol car either. They will qual on a .9, be issued a .9, and we will hope they don't shoot themselves in the foot in the range.
Only ones need that much practice are those that will never make it anyways- I can take a tick off your ear at 100 yards and I shoot 40 rounds per year with a given weapon- at least till the boat tipped over and lost them
No I have not qualified on civilian LEO proficiency standards.
Oh boy. I don't know a single LEO that carries a single pistol. Ever heard of a backup firearm? I'm guessing despite your firearm proficiency the answer is no. And you clearly have no clue what the IRS CI role is. DodgeAllen it. You might learn something.
"Civilian" LEO proficiency standards? Huh? LEO standards are for LEO, which are much higher than any "civilian" standards I'm aware of (hint...there aren't any official civilian standards).
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is still special commissioning Cattle Rangers that are paid by the Southwestern and Texas Cattleman’s Association and Oil and Gas Rangers in the same manner.Yep, in Texas before the Railroads had their own Police they were under the Texas Rangers known as Special Rangers and got their Police Powers from the Rangers but were not actually Rangers. And as Medic said you would never be likely to run into one unless you were doing something illegal on Railroad Property.
Here is a badge I used to have that came from a retired Special Ranger. Was made by Haltom of Ft. Worth and was sterling silver.
I'll tell you what, I'm tired. You can win your gorila dick measuring contest. I'm not that interested in that these days. I like and respect your posts, have a nice LEO day.
I'm not trying to be a dick to you. At all.
I’ll grant you it’s been a little over 50 years since I shot at others while they were shooting back at me, but I do have a little experience with the situation. I did not intend to make a big deal out of this, it was just something I thought of. It’s one thing to prance around like a tough guy because you’ve got a gun, and quite another when you’re hiding behind a rock as you hear bullets whiz by your head. That’s the only point I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to make. So it might be best to explain that to people applying for a job because they are attracted to the thought they get to use deadly force.
I’ll ask you the same questions I asked of someone else earlier: what’s your number of acceptable newly armed IRS agents? If it is true (it’s not true, but let’s ptetend it is) how many people making over 400k/year do you and the IRS think will turn violent when an agent knocks on their door? How many owners at their small businesses will start shooting when an agent drives up? What’s your number, David? Has the IRS said what its number is? What if its number is significantly higher than yours? Would you be okay with that? (Well, I admit that’s a stupid question, of course you would be.). What’s your plan to disarm the excessive number of armed and primed for violence government agents? Maybe my concern is not as idiotic as you want to believe.
But you are a dick- a self absorbed know it all dick that takes a bunch of experimental shots and tells others to- that tells everyone enough about you and your holier than thou POS supporting entities that you are.
